document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=908386>Question 908386</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A passenger train leaves a depot 2 hours after a freight train leaves the same depot.  The passenger train is travelling 10 mph faster than the freight train. Find the rate of each train if it takes 6 hours for the freight train to catch up. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=rate of freight train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=rate of passenger train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=traveling time*rate<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x=6(x+10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=6x+60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of freight train=30 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of passenger train=40 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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